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Led by a movie that set out as a training film for Navy SEALs (and which featured actual SEALs in the principal roles) and may wind up as the most effective recruitment film of all time, the U.S. box office continued its rally from last year’s first-quarter setback. With Relativity Media’s Act of Valor beating original forecasts with a $24.48-million debut, the domestic box office collected $133.74 million, up 23.25 percent above the same weekend a year ago, which finished with $108.51 million. In second place was Lionsgate’s Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds. While not among Perry’s best deeds at the box office, the movie nevertheless managed to rake in $15.58 million in just 2,132 theaters. In third place was Warner Bros.’ Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, which fell just 33 percent in its third place to wind up with $13.39 million. It managed to leapfrog over the three films that beat it last weekend: Safe House, with $10.93 million; The Vow, with $9.92 million; and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, with $9.01 million.

York- Universal Studios Home Entertainment and DVD rental kiosk operator Redbox said Thursday that they have signed a multi-year agreement that will continue to make Universal Blu-ray and DVD titles available for rental at Redbox locations nationwide 28 days following their home entertainment release. The agreement extends the relationship between Redbox and Universal Studios Home Entertainmentthrough August 2014. The previous deal was set to expire in April, according to analysts. The 28-day delay deal comes as Redbox and Warner Bros. are divided over the terms of their rental arrangement, with the Time Warner studio pushing